delicate

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Middle English delicat < Latin delicatus

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Adjective

delicate (comparative more delicate, superlative most delicate)

Positive
delicate

Comparative
more delicate

Superlative
most delicate

  1. Easily damaged or requiring careful handling.
    Those clothes are delicate
    The negotiations were very delicate
  2. Characterized by a fine structure or thin lines.
    Her face was delicate
    The spider wove a delicate web
    There was a delicate pattern of frost on the window
  3. Intended for use with fragile items.
    Set the washing machine to the delicate cycle
  4. Of weak health, easily sick.
  5. (informal) Unwell, especially because of having drunk too much alcohol.
    Please don't speak so loudly - I'm feeling a bit delicate this morning

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[edit] Noun

Singular
delicate

Plural
countable and uncountable; delicates

delicate (countable and uncountable; plural delicates)

  1. (countable) A delicate item of clothing
    Don't put that in with your jeans, it's a delicate!
  2. (uncountable) Specifically underwear or lingerie.

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Adjective

delicate f.

  1. Feminine plural form of delicato.

[edit] Romanian

[edit] Adjective

delicate

  1. feminine plural nominative form of delicat.
  2. feminine plural accusative form of delicat.
  3. neuter plural nominative form of delicat.
  4. neuter plural accusative form of delicat.
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